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Based on what are you expecting bug fixes for free from Mozilla? None of us is paying Mozilla for developing in any particular direction.

To see the bugs fixed that bother you, contribute to the open source project? Can be code or paying a developer.

see also http://antirez.com/news/129 after "Flood effect" on some discussion on why this does not scale to open source projects.

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If they have enough resources to foist unwanted ui overhauls against the wishes of the user, they have enough resources to fix their bugs. We could also begin by firing the worse than useless but rather sabotaging CEO whose first actions upon joining were upping her pay by a few millions and firing 250 employees, and whose pay keeps rising everyday.

> Based on what are you expecting bug fixes for free from Mozilla?

Because they want people to use the browser? Seems pretty straightforward.

Anyway they're not a charity; stop treating them like one. Mozilla is a company with a product and should act accordingly.

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